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SWSC Impact factor 2013: 2.519

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Published on 04 August 2014

In 2014 Thomson-Reuters computed for the first time a two-year impact factor for SWSC, based on articles published in SWSC in the years 2011 and 2012 and cited in 2013. This 2013 impact factor is 2.519 (1.333 excluding self citations, i.e., references in SWSC articles to SWSC articles). The Immediacy Index (citations in 2013 of SWSC articles published in 2013) is 0.600. This is comparable to the relevant numbers for the AGU Space Weather journal, the only other journal known to us with prime emphasis on space weather.

Proposals are invited for recipients of the annually awarded Space Weather medals. deadline 14 September 2014

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Published on 14 May 2014

In 2013, a set of three medals in Space Weather has been created on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the European Space Weather Week. These medals are now becoming an annual event, with a medal ceremony during the European Space Weather Week (next edition ESWW11, November 17-21, 2014, Liège, Belgium, http://www.stce.be/esww11/). The deadline for submission of proposals is September, 14th 2014.

A school "Space Weather for Engineers" will be organised October 15-17,
2014, in Leuven, Belgium. The School is targeted at training engineering
personnel so that they are capable of taking protective measures when Space Weather alerts are issued, to the benefit of their companies.

11th Edition of the European Space Weather Week, 17-21 November 2014

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Published on 11 April 2014

The 11th Edition of the European Space Weather Week will take place on 17-21 November 2014 in Belgium. The ESWW will again adopt the central aim of bringing together the diverse groups in Europe working on different aspects of Space Weather. This includes but is not limited to the scientific community, the engineering community, applications developers, service providers and service end users.

AGU is searching for a new Editor-in-Chief for the Space Weather Journal and Quarterly.

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Published on 25 February 2014

Information about the search is posted on the AGU web site. Interested scientists are asked to submit a Letter of Interest by 7th March 2014, but AGU is extending this deadline two weeks.

Space Weather commenced publication ten years again, in 2013. Under the expert editorship of Dr. Louis Lanzerotti, and with a focus on both the research and impacts of space weather, it has become a beloved and unique journal for the aeronomy, space science, heliospheric and solar communities.

The new Editor-in-Chief will have the responsibility of selecting additional Editors, and guiding the Space Weather Journal and Quarterly into the digital future. If you might be interested in this opportunity, or know of colleagues who might be suitable, please consider submitting a Letter of Interest to AGU, or encouraging your colleagues to do so. The Search Committee for the Space Weather Editor-in-Chief will be soliciting and interviewing potential candidates over the next month or so, and would love to hear from you!

Contact the president of the search committee This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (SWSC, http://www.swsc-journal.org/) plans a Special Issue on "Solar variability, solar forcing and coupling mechanisms in the terrestrial atmosphere", to appear in 2014. This topical issue is organised by the Editors-in-Chief of SWSC, conveners of three sessions at the latest general assembly of the EGU (Vienna, 8-12 April 2013), and members of the COST Action TOSCA (http://www.tosca-cost.eu).The three EGU sessions are:

Solar forcing and coupling mechanisms in the terrestrial atmosphere (CL2.7)

Solar and stellar variability: what can we learn from a joint effort? (ST1.5)

Contribution of Solar and Geomagnetic indices to Space Climate and Space Weather (ST5.2)

Authors of oral and poster presentations given at the conference are hereby encouraged to submit manuscripts. However, this special issue is open to all and is not exclusively limited to conference participants.

This interdisciplinary issue will address:

The various mechanisms of the Sun-Earth connection by which external forcings (e.g. solar radiative variability, energetic particles, etc.) may impact the upper, lower and middle terrestrial atmosphere, eventually affecting climate.

The role of couplings between atmospheric layers.

How the intercomparison of solar and stellar observations sheds new light on our understanding of solar variability.

The current status of indices and their role in our understanding of the coupling between solar activity and the variation of our space environment.

Important deadlines are:

31 May 2013: declarations of intent, with preliminary title and list of authors should be sent simply by email to Thierry Dudok de Wit (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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15 September 2013: final submission, directly to SWSC via online submission tool (consult "author information" on the left-hand side menu on the SWSC web site)

All manuscripts will be peer reviewed according to the quality standards of international scientific journals. The type of contributions must fit the style of SWSC. It is therefore required that all manuscripts submitted for publication in SWSC contain enough new insight, present the results against a properly referenced background of existing work, and present adequate evidence that supports the conclusions. Accepted papers are published in electronic format only and are freely accessible by all.

The guest editors are G. Cessateur (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
), M. Kretzschmar (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Topical issue "Space Weather and its Effects on Terrestrial and Geo-Space Environments: Science and Applications", deadline extended to 30 November 2013

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Published on 13 May 2013

Deadline 15th October 2013 extended to 30th November 2013

All authors of oral and poster presentations given at the conference are invited to submit manuscripts for a Topical Issue "Space Weather and its Effects on Terrestrial and Geo-Space Environments: Science and Applications" of the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (SWSC, http://www.swsc-journal.org/) to appear in 2014. It will be jointly organized by the Editors-in-Chief (EiC) of SWSC and the conveners of the session "Space Weather and its Effects on Terrestrial and Geo-Space Environments: Science and Applications" at the EGU conference, Vienna, 8-12 April 2013.

Deadlines

31th May 2013: declaration of intent. Please send a preliminary title and list of authors to the guest editor in chief, Viviane Pierrard (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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30th November 2013: final submission via the SWSC online submission tool (consult "author information" on the left-hand side menu on the SWSC web site).

If you need additional time to complete your submission, please do not hesitate to contact the SWSC editorial office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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The type of contributions must fit the style of SWSC. All manuscripts are peer reviewed according to the quality standards of international scientific journals. It is therefore required that all manuscripts submitted for publication in SWSC contain enough new insight; present the results against a properly referenced background of existing work; present adequate evidence that supports the conclusions; write clearly, concisely and comprehensively and include all necessary and appropriate figures and tables but not more. Accepted papers are published in electronic form only.

SWSC indexed in DOAJ (November 2012)

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Published on 12 November 2012

SWSC is now indexed in the DOAJ database. Directory of Open Access Journals is a service that provides access to quality controlled Open Access Journals. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use an appropriate quality control system, and it will not be limited to particular languages or subject areas. The aim of the Directory is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact.

Topical Issue "Space Weather and Challenges for Modern Society", deadline 31 March 2013

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Published on 15 October 2012

Deadline 31 March 2013

The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (SWSC,
http://www.swsc-journal.org/) plans a Topical Issue "Space Weather and
Challenges for Modern Society" to appear in 2013. It will be jointly
organised by the Editors-in-Chief (EiC) of SWSC and members of the
Programme Committee of the conference "Space Weather and Challenges for
Modern Society", Oslo, 22-24 October 2012. Authors of oral and poster
presentations given at the conference are encouraged to submit
manuscripts for this Topical Issue.

The conference was organised by The International Emergency Management
Society (TIEMS) in cooperation with the Norwegian Space Centre,
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Norwegian Statnett,
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Danish Meteorological Institute, and
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, see also
http://tiems.info/About-TIEMS/oslo-conference-2012.html .

Deadline for submission is 31 March 2013 through the SWSC web site. If
you need additional time to complete your submission, please do not
hesitate to contact the SWSC editorial office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Publication in this Topical Issue is free of charge.

The type of contributions must fit the style of SWSC. All manuscripts
are peer reviewed according to the quality standards of international
scientific journals. It is therefore required that all manuscripts
submitted for publication in SWSC contain enough new insight; present
the results against a properly referenced background of existing work;
present adequate evidence that supports the conclusions; write clearly,
concisely and comprehensively and include all necessary and appropriate
figures and tables but not more. Accepted papers are published in
electronic form only.

The final report of COST ES0803 will take the form of a series of papers to be published in a Topical Issue of the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (SWSC). We hereby invite all COST ES0803 participants (MC members, associates, affiliated experts) to submit COST ES0803 related work to SWSC for publication in this Special Issue.

We consider for publication scientific reviews, research papers, technical papers, papers addressing dissemination and education activities, to name just a few. The articles must be related to the objectives of COST Action ES0803 as stated in its MoU. All manuscripts are peer reviewed according to the quality standards of international scientific journals. It is therefore required that all manuscripts submitted for publication contain enough new insight; present the results against a properly referenced background of existing work; present adequate evidence that supports the conclusions; write clearly, concisely and comprehensively and include all necessary and appropriate figures and tables but not more. Accepted papers are published in electronic form only, and publication is free of charge.